Collar



July 16, 1929. COLLINS 1,721,481

COLLAR File d Aug. 9, 1928 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Jul-y 15, 1 929.

UNITED STA TES' JOHN N. COLLINS, 0F ROSEDALE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ORIOLE SHIRTMFG. CORR, OF NEW YORK,

IN. Y., A CORPORATION 01' NEW YORK.

COLLAR.

Application filed August 9, 192a. Serial No. 298,470.-

This invention relates to collars, and in particular to a collar of the soft and turn downer negligee type. v

An Object of the invention is to provide means to maintain the front portions of the outer or turned down fold of a soft collar uncurled and unwrinkled.

Another object of the invention is to provide means to removably insert a reinforcing strip at the adjacent front ends of the outer folds of the collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple means for retaining reinforcements concealed at the front ends of the outer fold of a collar and having a convenient but concealed opening therefor. j

Another object. is to provide a soft collar that will maintain a neat appearance with the front flaps or'ends of the turned down fold of the collar always being maintained straight and lying closely against a shirt with which the collar may be worn.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simplemethod of forming a reinforcement receiving pocket within the outor fold of a collar having a concealed but'easily accessible opening therefor.

IVith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the features of construction and operation set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the accompanying drawing annexed hereto and forming a part of this specification, I have shown my invention-embodied in a negligee or turn down soft collar attached to a shirt, but it will be understood that the invention can be otherwise embodied, and that the drawing is not to be construed as defining or limiting the scope of the invention, the claims appended to this specification being relied upon for that purpose.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a collar illustrating the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the outer fold of the collar, taken from the inside and before being reversed or turned inside out 'and stitched to the neck-band;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of one end of a completelyfornied collar made in accord.

ance with the present invention: and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken upon the plane of line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

In the above mentioned drawing, I have shown but one embodiment of the invention which is now deemed preferable, but it is to be understood that changes and modifications may be made'within the scope of the appendedelaims without departing from the spirit of the invention;

The collar comprises two principal portions, namely, the outer fold and theneckband. These two portions are stitched together by a longitudinally extending seam.

Preferably, and as shown in the drawing, the

layers of fabric forming the outer fold are enclosedbetweenthe layers of fabric of the neck-band. As the neck-band is, or maybe,

of usual or conventional form it will not require further description.

Referring more in detail to the figures of the drawing I provide a collar made up of a plurality of folds or layers offabric in the outer fold 10 and in the neck-band 11. The layers of fabric forming the outer fold 10 are stitched together in a novel manner to provide elongated pockets 12 at the front adjacent ends of the collar. An opening 13 for each pocket 12 is provided at the junction between the outer fold 10 and neck-band portion 11 of the collar. Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the outer or turned down fold 10 of the collar is formed of a plurality of folds of fabric stitched together adjacent their edges by a seam 14 and then preferably turned inside out. This is the usual practice in making collars but may be varied as desired. The longitudinal edge of the outer fold 10 after stitching and being turned inside out is stitched directly to one edge of the collar-band portion 11 of the collar by seam 15 Prior to stitching the outer fold members 10 together by the stitching 14 shown in Fig. 2', the corners 16 at each end adjacent the longitudinal edge which is to be attached "to the neck-band portion is turned down obliquely to the longitudinal edge of the outer fold as clearly indicated in Fig.2. The seam 14 along the end of the outer fold however iscontinued as shown in Fig. 2 several stitches, one

or more stitches being taken in the folded v portion of the innermost layer of the fabric, so that it is retained in folded down position.

Upon turning the fabrics forming the outer fold 10 of the collar inside out in the form illustrated, the second seam 17 is stitched,

following the contour of the outer edges of portion 11 of the collar. This forms the inconspicuous opening 13 tothe elongated pocket 12 directly upon the edge of and on the under side of the turned down portions 10 of the collar. When the collar is, being worn this opening 13 is entirely concealed. Within this elongated pocket 12 may be inserted a flexible reinforcing member 18 which will be disposed directly at the edge of the outer fold 10 and will extend the entire length of the end of the collar. In this manner the front portions of a soft turned down collar may be maintained neatly in extended and uncurled and unwrinkled condition.

I claim: 1

1. A collar comprising a neck-band and outer fold portions, each having a plurality of superposed layers of fabric, the innermost layer of said outer fold being folded under at one corner adjacent the neck-band, a seam about the outline of said outer fold holding said corner in folded down position, a seam spaced therefrom and forming with said first seam a pocket at the end of said outer fold having an opening adjacent said neck-band formed by said folded, portion of the layer of the outer fold, whereby a reinforcing strip may be removably inserted within said pocket.

2. A collar comprising a neck-band and outer fold portions, each having a plurality of superposed layers of fabric, the innermost layer of said outer fold being folded under at its opposite ends and adjacent the neckband obliquely to the longitudinal edge of said outer fold portion, a seam about the outline of said outer fold holding said innermost layer in folded position, aseam spaced from and forming with said first seam a pocket at the opposite ends of said outer fold, each pocket having an opening adjacent said neckband upon the under side of the. outer fold, whereby a reinforcing strip may be removably inserted within said pocket. 7

3. The method of forming a turned down collar comprising stitching. a plurality of layers of fabric together about a portion of their outlines, folding one of said layers upon itself at a corner prior to said stitching, turning said layers inside out, stitching the collar about its periphery spaced from the first seam, and stitching said layers to a neck-band, whereby an elongated pocket is formed at the end edge of said collar having an opening -formed therein adjacent said neck-band.

JOHN Ni COLLINS. 

